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Is Vass, NC tap water safe?

6 utilities serve Vass, by EPA’s records. Here is what EPA’s and CDC’s records show for each, against the legal limits and the stricter health goals.

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The short answer

1 of the 6 utilities serving Vass has a result above a legal limit or action level, or a health-based violation since 2016, in EPA’s and CDC’s records: Skyline Estates Mh S/D.

East Moore Water District, which serves the most people here, has 2 results above EPA’s new limit, which takes effect in 2029. The worst: PFOS at 12 ppt, above EPA’s new limit, which takes effect in 2029.

A town can be served by more than one utility, and some homes are on private wells. The name on your water bill tells you which is yours, and your ZIP code narrows it down. They are listed by how many people each serves in Vass’s ZIP codes, from EPA’s estimates.

What handles it

Each of these is certified, on a certifier’s listing, for a result above a line in East Moore Water District’s water, which serves the most people here. Another utility’s report names what handles its own results.

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Water testing near Vass

A utility tests the water it sends out. A test of your own tap shows what your pipes add, and on a private well it is the only test there is. It takes a lab North Carolina certifies.

The 3 labs North Carolina certifies closest to Vass, in a straight line. Call first: certification is test by test, and not every lab takes samples from homeowners.

  • Cameron Testing Services Inc.

    Sanford, NC · about 21 miles

    Certified for bacteria, nitrate, lead and copper, metals, minerals and other inorganics

    (919) 208-4240

  • Microbac - Fayetteville Division

    Fayetteville, NC · about 26 miles

    Certified for bacteria, minerals and other inorganics

    (910) 864-1920

  • Eurofins Built Env. Testing East - Cary

    Cary, NC · about 46 miles

    Certified for asbestos

    (919) 481-1413

All 112 certified labs for North Carolina

ZIP codes in Vass

Which ZIP codes are in Vass: Census 2020 relationship files. Which utilities serve them, and how many people: EPA SDWIS and EPA’s service area map. Each utility’s results: EPA UCMR 5, EPA SDWIS, and EPA’s and the state’s compliance monitoring, as its report lists them. How they are measured: methodology. Certified labs: North Carolina State Laboratory of Public Health, certified drinking water laboratories; distances from the Census 2020 ZIP code tabulation area gazetteer.

Near Vass

Other towns in Moore County with a page of their own.

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